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MontanaElections for Statewide offices and Congress✓ Special Election House At-Large: Thursday 25 May 2017

✓ Thursday 25 May 2017 - Special Election House At-Large. Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p MDT (1300-0200 UTC). A polling place with less than 400 registered voters must be open at least from noon to 8 p.m. or until all registered electors have voted.

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period, All Governors

Democratic

GovernorSteve Bullock First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2016. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Elected on a ticket with the Governor.

30 November 2015: Lieutenant Governor Angela McLean (Democratic) will become the director of American Indian and minority achievement and K-12 partnerships in the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education on 4 January 2016. She was appointed on 10 February 2014 [re: appointment of Lieutenant Governor John Walsh (Democratic) to the U.S. Senate Class 2 seat].
Governor Steve Bullock (Democratic) will appoint a new Lieutenant Governor.
January 2016: Governor Steve Bullock (Democratic) appoints Mike Cooney as Lieutenant Governor.
8 November 2016: First elected in the General Election.

115th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115th House

CongressmanGreg Gianforte First elected in a Special Election: 25 May 2017 [re: resignation of Congressman Ryan K. Zinke (Republican) who accepted the position of Secretary of the Interior in the Trump Administration]. Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Candidate list (6) - 116th Congress

Democratic

former state Representative Amanda Curtis - apparently not a candidate

Congressman Ryan K. Zinke (Republican), who was first elected in 2014, was nominated for Secretary of the Interior by President-elect Donald Trump on 14 November 2016 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, 68-31, on 1 March 2017.
On 1 March 2017, Governor Steve Bullock (Democratic) called a Special Election for 25 May 2017. There is no primary. Party leaders will select their nominees by nominating convention. The Libertarian Party holds their nominating convention steps from 4-11 March, the Democratic Party on 5 March, and Republicans on 6 March 2017.
25 May 2017: The Special Election was won by Greg Gianforte (Republican).

Special Election - 115th Congress

At-LargeSpecial Election

Republican

 Seat up for special election: Thursday 25 May 2017 Special Election

On 1 March 2017, Governor Steve Bullock (Democratic) called a Special Election for Thursday 25 May 2017. There is no primary-- party leaders will select their nominees by nominating convention.Returns from the Montana Secretary of State.

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

Republican

Secretary of State Corey Stapleton First elected: 2016 Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

Political PartiesParties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.

Major Third Parties Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.

Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"Apparently not a candidate" indicates that someone we once listed as a candidate for an elective office will not, in fact, be running for that office (primarily because said candidate is not listed on an official ballot provided by a jurisdiction's election authorities, where that candidate has not previously withdrawn his/her candidacy or otherwise indicated no longer [or even ever] being a candidate for that office).

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.